You Heard It Here First

The field is getting crowded on the GOP side of the ballot box. Mike Huckabee, Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson are the latest to announce, but it really doesn’t mean anything. All these presidential wannabes are just keeping the podium warm for the guy who actually will lead the party in 2016. Scott Walker will be the Republican nominee for president. He has all the attributes Republicans hold near and dear to their cold, cold hearts. He’s a family man, white, youngish, handsome (OK, maybe not as handsome as Mitt Romney but who is), married, straight (as near as we can tell), former Boy Scout (attained the highest rank of Eagle Scout), the governor of a state, rides a Harley-Davidson (what else) motorcycle, is an evangelical Christian and beyond conservative. He’s a union-buster and battle tested against the Democrats. I think a Walker/Clinton (or Clinton/Walker for you male traditionalists who would give up your seat on the bus for a lady) race would be good for the country. There are plenty more details about him and his political record that will emerge after he announces, but as they say, if the primary election were held tomorrow in Iowa…Hey, it’s going to be an expensive and provocative race for every candidate, but I’m not ready to predict who will win the White House in 2016 (I’ll do that this fall.)